Today is the special election to fill the Senate seat vacated with the death of Sen. Ted Kennedy. Martha Coakley, the Democrat, is facing Scott Brown, the Republican, in an election that all the pollsters are saying will flip the seat to the GOP side.
How ironic it is that the future of the health care reform bill may be in the hands of Massachusetts voters. See, Massachusetts has universal, state-sponsored health care, which was instituted by a Republican governor, Mitt Romney. And just how did Romney manage to make this happen with nary a whimper from any tea bagger, right-wing talk show host or Faux News story? He did it with George W. Bush's help -- and with help from the rest of the taxpayers of America.
Yes, that's right, folks! You and I, those of us who do not reside in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, are helping pay for their universal health care through our federal tax dollars! Notice the silence coming from the right? Oh, that was a Republican governor. Well, I guess it's not socialism when a Republican does it.
her case of "I'm doing fine, I don't care about the rest of you people!"? Let's hope not!
